HR business partner for small businesses in the UK

Get your own People Partner who knows your business inside out and is backed by a complete support team. A full HR department, for a fraction of the cost.  

What’s included?

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Named People Partner

A dedicated senior HR professional who knows your business inside out, available for regular 1:1s.

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Custom people plan

A bespoke roadmap for your team’s expansion, hiring priorities, and people goals as you scale.

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Full HR team

Our wider team handles recruitment admin, policy updates, and operational work so nothing falls through the cracks.

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Recruitment support

Job descriptions, interview processes, and all admin so you hire the right people faster.

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Complete documentation

Handbooks, contracts, and policies customised for your business and kept current with employment law.

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HR systems & workflows

Internal templates and processes set up for you. Guidance on selecting and configuring the right software.

How it works

Meet your People Partner

An informal intro to your named HR lead for planning, tricky situations, and keeping all your documentation current.

Easy onboarding

We learn your business, build your custom People Plan, and set up your day-to-day HR processes.

We handle the rest

It’s over to us now. Our support team manages operational HR while you breathe a sigh of relief and focus on growing your business.

Book a discovery call

We talk through your HR challenges and scope exactly what support your business needs right now. No need to prep, just jump on.

‍Bespoke retained HR services UK

Starting from £1,200 a month for a full team and scaled to your headcount and actual needs. The same value as an in-house HR Business Partner at a fraction of the cost.

  • Scale up or down as you grow

  • Predictable monthly retainer

  • Clear deliverables every month

  • No long fixed-term contracts

  • Full team included

“We were incredibly pleased with the outcome of this project. PMP took the time to understand our needs, values and priorities and designed a pay and progression framework that has worked extremely well. This has directly helped us to improve our staff retention by offering progression as well as enabling us to attract new talent in the organisation”

Rich Grahame, CEO of Settle

FAQ’s

  • A senior HR professional who works directly with your leadership team, aligning people's decisions with business goals. They shape talent strategy, culture, employee engagement, and growth planning.

  • An HR Advisor handles daily HR tasks, like recruitment, workplace issues, and policy compliance. An HR Business Partner takes the strategic view – anticipating future needs, managing change, and guiding leadership decisions. Basically, one manages the day-to-day, the other drives the bigger picture. We offer both.

  • UK small businesses and scale-ups with 50–150 employees who need comprehensive and proactive HR outsourcing services but can't justify a full in-house team.

  • UK HRBPs earn £52k on average, rising to £60k+. Our fractional service starts at £1,200/month for a full team and scales with your headcount, delivering the same value at a fraction of the cost.

  • We build a people strategy that grows with you, supports performance management, embeds effective policies, and backs your decisions with HR data and insight. Our HR specialist approach focuses on strategic retained HR services that scale with your business.

  • Nope! We'll start with a discovery call, scope your main challenges, and align on what support you need to drive your business forward.

  • We base pricing on your headcount and actual business needs. You scale up or down as you grow, with predictable monthly retainer costs and clear deliverables. Our HR advisor and HR specialist team are always happy to talk more about your specific needs.

Stop letting people problems slow your growth

Get the HR expertise your business needs without the full-time overhead. Book a no-obligation discovery call and we’ll scope it together.